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Timeline

MYP 1
Understand BC and
BCE

1 AD

1 BC
BC AD
Understand BC and
BCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNH4G9iacw

What does BC mean ?


What does BCE mean
?

B.C. stands for Before Christ.


• It means the number of years before the time of
Some people use B.C.E. instead-
Jesus Christ.
• It stands for Before the Common Era, and is used in
• The initials B.C. are written after the date.
order to avoid Christian references.
• The dates in B.C. run backwards from year 1.
Understand AD and
CE
What does A.D. stand for?

AD means Anno Domini.

The abbreviations A.D.


are written before the
date.

The non-Christian
abbreviation for A.D. is
C.E.

C.E stand for Common


Era.
Arrange the events in chronological
order
First recorded Olympic Games -776 B.C.
Beginning of Greek civilization-1600 B.C.

Birth of Buddha-486 B.C. 


Birth of Muhammad-A.D. 570 

Roman Republic is established – 509 B.C.


Founding of the Roman
Empire-27 B.C. 
Columbus comes to the New World – A.D. 1492
Response
s
Beginning of Greek civilization-1600 B.C.

First recorded Olympic Games-776 B.C.

Roman Republic is established – 509 B.C.

Birth of Buddha-486 B.C. 

Founding of the Roman Empire-27 BC 

Birth of Muhammad-A.D. 570 

Columbus comes to the New World- A.D. 1492

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